Garvan Walshe: Germany’s new government may get tougher on Russia and China. Which would suit ours. But there’s a snag.

Ministers must grasp that this new one will be even more disposed to conduct its foreign policy through the EU.

Tim Montgomerie: Lessons for ideology-free Johnson – and the Conservatives – in ideology-free Merkel’s legacy. And her party’s fate.

Political popularity appears to be broad and sustained but, when eventually it is exhausted, the falling away of support is dramatic.

Stephen Booth: As next month’s federal election draws closer, is Germany set for three party government?

It is worth noting the lack of a German, and therefore European, consensus on the foreign policy challenges facing the West, particularly on Russia and China.

Off the football field, Laschet assures the Germans they can continue to pretend to be weak

The front-runner to succeed Merkel has perfected the art of making not having a row, indeed not making a decision, sound reasonable.

Leon Mangasarian: Merkeldämmerung. It is past time that the German Chancellor stepped down.

Merkel’s sixteen years are marked by high poll ratings but few concrete achievements, and a discreditable closeness to dictators.

Sam Hall: Conservative lessons from Houchen and Street about how to respond to the Greens

By uniting behind Johnson’s plan, and replicating the approach of these two mayors, the the environment can become a winning issue for the party.

Liam Fox: Labour’s choice – adapt or die

It despises the very values of patriotism and economic self-improvement that made people like my grandparents vote for them.

Stephen Booth: Merkel’s departure is Macron’s opportunity – an opening for his dreams of an even closer Union

And if Germany’s Greens are in government after the federal election, they will be inclined to help him.

Garvan Walshe: Merkeldammerung. Germany’s polls put the Greens within striking distance of government.

A traffic light coalition? A Jamaica coalition? Who knows? What’s certain is that the CDU/CSU is struggling amidst a fragmenting landscape.

Daniel Hamilton: So we have a new CDU Chairman. Will a CDU-Green coalition follow after Germany’s federal election?

A Green Minister-President has governed Baden-Württemberg in coalition with the CDU for more than a decade, implementing a pro-business agenda.

Johnson to fly to Brussels. Triumph, sellout, last-ditch gamble – or simply showing willing before talks collapse?

The commonsense presumption must be that he wouldn’t be going at all were a deal not at least possible.

Robert Tyler: We need a Margaret Thatcher Foundation for Democracy

The political foundations of other centre-right governments around the world wield significant influence and are powerful tools for foreign policy.

Johannes de Jong: Many of you think May’s deal is bad for Britain. But it’s bad for us other Europeans too.

EU federalism will be stronger in Britain, as rules are simply imposed on you. And stronger in the rest of Europe – because you’re leaving us.

Garvan Walshe: Merkel stood firm against her party’s worst instincts on immigration. And paid the price.

What would the lesser men who would bring her down have done: put migrants on sealed trains in their tens of thousands and send them – where, exactly?

Henry Newman: A dozen reasons to unstop the backstop

It now the main issue blocking a negotiated agreement – thus risking a No Deal and potentially a harder Irish border. In short, it risks triggering the very thing it is supposed to avoid.